Parham, a lawyer in Shreveport, LA in 1860, enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 12th VA Infantry on June 6, 1861. He was promoted to sergeant on September 22, 1861. He was wounded in the left knee on June 15, 1862. He was detailed as a clerk to the military intelligence office for several months in late 1862 with his rank reduced to private, and on December 19, 1862 he was discharged for disability due to heart disease and problems with his knee. On April 23, 1862 he joined Epes' Company of Johnston's Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery. He spent much of his time with this unit detailed to the Quartermaster's
Department in Richmond.
He resumed practicing law after the war and by 1870 had moved to Memphis, TN. He died November 25, 1875 and is buried in Memphis at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown.
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